RPC VII.2, 3694

 

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Coin type
Volume VII.2
Number 3694
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Pupienus and Balbinus
Person (obv.) Gordian III (Caesar)
Issue LΑ = year 1
Dating AD 238
Obverse inscription Μ ΑΝ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ ΟϹ ϹΕΒ
Edition Μᾶρκος Ἀντώνιος Γορδιανὸς Σεβαστός Μ(ᾶρκος) Ἀν(τώνιος) Γορδιανὸς {ΟΣ} Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Marcus Antonius Gordian, son of Augustus
Obverse design bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L Α
Edition ἔτους αʹ (ἔτους) αʹ
Translation of year 1
Reverse design Nike seated left, holding wreath and palm
Metal debased silver
Average diameter 24 mm
Average weight 13.59 g
Reference D 4698
Specimens 3 (0 in the core collections)
Note On this obverse inscription, see the introduction to Alexandria.
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# Specimen Museum Bibliography
1 1     Figari & Mosconi 1393 = Ars et Nummus Sept.–Oct. 1972, lot 274 = D 4698
2 2     Peus 409, 25 Apr. 2013, lot 983 = Figari & Mosconi 1394 = Ars et Nummus, FPL Oct. 1971, lot 229 = DS 10192
3 3     ✸ Lanz 138, 26 Nov. 2007, lot 790